When choosing a cruise, there are many things to consider. Which cruise line? How many days? But after these are decided, the next decision is usually where do we want to go? Choosing an itinerary can be tough. There are so many great places to go, and see. And part of this decision is how many ports of call do you want. Do you want more ports of call, and fewer days at sea? Or do you want fewer ports of call, and more days at sea?
Our first cruise was for our honeymoon. We were considering a cruise with lots of ports of call. Our cruise agent told us that we would be happier on a cruise with less stops, and more days at sea. We took his advice, and chose a cruise with three ports of call (Nassau, San Juan, and St. Thomas) during a 7 day cruise. We had a blast!
Our second cruise was two years later. We chose a cruise with more stops. We had 5 ports of call on a 7 day cruise (St. Thomas, St Martin, Dominica, Barbados, and Martinique). And we had fun! But it was not nearly as relaxing as our first cruise.
What were the differences? On the cruise with more ports of call, we had stops nearly every single day. So we would get up early, grab a quick breakfast, get ready to go ashore. We’d go off and do an excursion and maybe some shopping. We come back to the ship, get cleaned up, and changed for dinner. We’d go to dinner. Then go back to the cabin and maybe change again. Then we would go off to see a show. Then we would go back to the cabin to get some sleep, because we had to get up early the next day to do it all again. It was like being on a treadmill. On the cruise with more days at sea, we could stay out late, sleep in, take naps in the middle or day, sit on deck and read, watch movies in our cabin. And we still saw lots of stuff. We had more downtime between ports.
So if you like to do lots of stuff, and have lots of energy, go for more stops. If you are looking to see some stuff, but still have time to relax, choose fewer stops.
There are still plenty of activities on the cruise ships during the days at sea. Trust me, you will not be bored!
Rob Jacob loves to travel and runs a travel related blog at http://travelwithrj.com/
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